We're thrilled to have Dr. Amanda Boyce from the National Institutes of Health join us on the Podcast today! Amanda brings a wealth of experience in scientific review, and discusses the specifics behind how our tax dollars get spent on research in funding from the National Institutes of Health, the nation's medical research agency -whose goal is "making important discoveries that improve health and save lives. A really informative talk!

Playing the piano, swinging a golf club, typing words on a computer - what do all these activities have in common? Physiologically, each requires the careful coordination of different movements by both limbs to complete the task. This is bimanual coordination, and we have Dr. Deanna Kennedy in the studio to talk about it! Join us for a talk on the very basics of human performance, and how completion of even the smallest tasks is an impressive physiological feat!

This week's Podcast Friday represents our 200th! To thank you for your continuous support, Dr. Lightfoot is joined by Producer Kenneth McIntyre to take you behind the scenes of the Podcast and to meet some of the people that make the Huffines Institute successful! To that end, this podcast also features Texas A&M Coaching Academy Director Dr. John Thornton, plus current and former Huffines staffers Ayland Letsinger, Alexis Appelquist, Carlos Guevara, and Sheril Marek

Joining us this week is Dr. Scott Trappe, the John and Janice Fisher Professor of Exercise Science and Director of the Human Performance Laboratory at Ball State University. Dr. Trappe talks about his research on muscles' response to exercise in space! Listen in on Dr. Lightfoot's conversation with one of the field's most qualified experts!

Joining us this week is one of our own - Dr. Mike Greenwood, a Clinical Professor in the A&M Department of Health and Kinesiology. Dr. Greenwood talks about his new book, "Nutrition Supplements in Sports and Exercise," and various up and coming topics in the field of sports nutrition! Listen in on Dr. Lightfoot's conversation with one of the leading experts on diet and exercise!

For more information about this week’s Human Performance Minute, check out the links listed below. Be sure to check out future weekly Huffines Institute Human Performance Minute broadcasts at TexAgs SportsRadio (The Zone 1150 AM) every Wednesday morning at 10:45am. If you missed it you can listen to it here!

Today is the eighth video and audio-only rebroadcast from the 2015 Huffines Discussion.   Up today in our series is Dr. Claude Bouchard, The John W. Barton Sr. Endowed Chair in Genetics and Nutrition in the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, LA. Dr. Bouchard’s talk is called "Less Sitting or More Exercise or More Fitness?” and discusses the various benefits and drawbacks of approaching health in different ways. 

Today in the podcast we've got a great conversation with Dr. Karen Clippinger from Cal State Long Beach.  Our topic today is the use of anatomy and biomechanics to help dancers perform better (and recover from injuries). Dr. Clippinger is brought to us by the TAMU program in Dance Science!

Today is the ninth video and audio-only rebroadcast from the 2014 Huffines Discussion.   Up today in our series is Dr. John Chong, Medical Director of the Musicians' Clinics of Canada. Dr. Chong's talk is called "Tuning the Mind and Body of the Musician for Optimal health and Performance" and covers new technologies for monitoring musicians' bodies to help optimize movement and performances.

Today is the eighth video and audio-only rebroadcast from the 2014 Huffines Discussion.   Up today in our series is Dr. JP Bramhall, Director of Sports Medicine and Team Physician for Texas A&M Athletics. Dr. Bramhall's talk is called "Biologics in Orthopedics" and covers new technologies for sports medicine rehab, including platelet rich therapies. LISTEN or WATCH NOW!